Lee Ann Womack Previews New Album in NYC Thu. September 18.2008 4:16 PM EDT
Lee Ann Womack previewed music from her upcoming album, Call Me Crazy, during a performance at the Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on Wednesday night (Sept. 17). Womack will release the album on Oct. 21 on MCA Nashville. Her previous album, There's More Where That Came From, won album of the year at the CMA Awards in New York City in 2005. Her labelmate, Jamey Johnson, also performed at the invitation-only event, singing music from his new album, That Lonesome Song. Billy Joe Shaver Indicted in 2007 Shooting in Texas Thu. September 18.2008 2:14 PM EDT Singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver has been indicted on felony charges in connection with a shooting at a bar near Waco, Texas. A McLennan County grand jury returned the indictments Wednesday (Sept. 17) as a result of the incident at Papa Joe's Texas Saloon in Lorena, Texas. Shaver, 69, is accused of shooting Billy B. Coker, 50, in the cheek during an argument on April 1, 2007. Coker, who claims the shooting was unprovoked, was treated and released at a local hospital. Shaver's attorney alleged that Coker was drunk and armed with a knife when he followed Shaver outside the club. Shaver was indicted on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawfully carrying a handgun by a license holder on licensed premises. The assault charge is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. The handgun charge carries a maximum 10-year sentence. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Join Levon Helm at Americana Concert Thu. September 18.2008 11:42 AM EDT Robert Plant and Alison Krauss made a surprise appearance Wednesday night (Sept. 17) during Levon Helm's concert kicking off the ninth annual Americana Music Festival and Conference in Nashville. They joined an already-impressive lineup of guests -- including Sheryl Crow, John Hiatt, Delbert McClinton, Billy Bob Thornton, Buddy Miller, Sam Bush and blues musician Little Sammy Davis -- for the show at the Ryman Auditorium. Plant and Krauss, whose duet album, Raising Sand, was released last year, performed "In the Pines," a song they first performed together in 2004 during a tribute to the late blues legend Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter. Helm, best known for his work in The Band, is nominated in three categories of the seventh annual Americana Honors and Awards taking place Thursday night (Sept. 18) at the Ryman. At Wednesday's concert, he and his current band performed material from his Grammy-winning album, Dirt Farmer, and several classics from The Band, including "Rag Mama Rag," "The Shape I'm In" and "Chest Fever." To close the show, Helm and Hiatt traded verses on "The Weight" with vocal backing from the entire cast of the evening, along with singer-songwriters Steve Earle and Allison Moorer. They returned to encore with Bob Dylan's "Forever Young." The festival and conference continues through Saturday (Sept. 20). Kay --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
